Category: self-care

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Thoughts on Being a Caregiver

07 Jul 2016

By Hilary Sanfey Over the last few years I helped care for a very dear friend, a retired surgeon, who developed a progressive neurological illness shortly after turning sixty. It was challenging, n...

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#AWSfood4thought : Here’s to the Dads

20 Jun 2016

By Heather Logghe This Father’s Day I would like to give special thanks to the dads who lovingly support their women surgeon partners. My husband, Chris, has been one of them. I embarked on my...

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DRIVING

20 Apr 2016

By Marie Crandall “I’ll just answer this one text…”, “One sec, let me look for my hands-free…” “Damn this train, I’ve got a sick patient waiting in the ER…” It seems like I...

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The Other Nine Percent

30 Mar 2016

By Miriam D. Weisberg The United States Preventative Services Task Force and American Cancer Society advocate the importance of Papanicolaou tests (Pap test) as effective screening for cervical can...

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On being a mom, surgeon, and wife – or surgeon, mom, and wife – or…

23 Mar 2016

By Chris Hardesty The worst moment in 2015 was the morning my 2 year old started crying when he realized I was leaving for work.  I’d heard this would happen and expected it, but the pit in my s...

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When Breath Becomes Air: Lessons Learned

13 Mar 2016

By Jane Zhao Join us for a tweetchat tonight, Sunday evening, March 13, at 8 PM Eastern Time and follow @WomenSurgeons, @jzhao3, @ShreeAgrawal21, @minervies and the #AWSFood4Thought!      ...

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Colorectal Cancer Awareness

10 Mar 2016

By Linda Farkas October is the “pink” month. Pink is everywhere for breast cancer. Major cities light up pink fountains, pink skyscrapers, and even “real men” (football players) wear pink f...

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When Breath Becomes Air: Understanding Mortality

28 Feb 2016

Tweet chat (follow @WomenSurgeons) and additional blog post to come on March 13th 8 PM EST! By Shree Agrawal Dr. Paul Kalanithi’s memoir, When Breath Becomes Air, as Dr. Abraham Varghese promi...

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My Wake-Up Call

24 Feb 2016

By Sharon Stein Cardiovascular disease...Not me- I am too young for that. I was shocked when I got the text from my husband.  A friend and colleague had just had a stroke.  She was in the Neur...

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Integrating Surgery and Family Life

17 Feb 2016

By Lillian Erdahl As part of the discussion on work and life, I want to introduce a term I heard recently. A speaker at a conference I attended mentioned the concept of work-life integration rather...